Issue - meetings

Report FSD15060

The Council’s casualty insurance (comprising public liability, employers’ liability, officials’ indemnity and professional indemnity) was tendered in 2014 and a contract was awarded to Zurich Municipal (ZM) from 17^th June 2014 on a three year long-term agreement (LTA) with an option to extend for a further two years (delegated to the Director of Finance in consultation with the Resources Portfolio Holder). All other Council insurance policies (property, motor, fidelity guarantee, personal accident, school journey, minibuses, engineering, shops blanket and mortgaged properties were due to expire on 30^th April 2016 and it was proposed to tender for all these through the Crown Commercial Services Framework with a start date of 1^st May 2016. It was also proposed that a two year extension on the casualty insurance contract be approved. This would mean that all insurances would end on 30^th April 2019, enabling the entire package to be tendered from 1^st May 2019. A joint tender from 2017 had been considered, but this would have required a short contract which would not have generated a range of good value tenders.

A Member commented that the level of claims in recent years could point to deficiencies elsewhere in the Council’s services.    

RESOLVED that the Resources Portfolio Holder be recommended to approve the proposals to take tender action through the Crown Commercial Services Framework for all Council insurances except casualty and to agree an extension of two years (from 1^st May 2017 to 30^th April 2019 to the long-term agreement in place with Zurich Municipal  for casualty insurance.